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Vote online or in person in this fall’s Participatory Budgeting Election

October 2, 2017

Dear Neighbor,

I established Participatory Budgeting in the 49th Ward eight and a half years ago to give the residents of my ward the power to decide by direct popular vote how to spend $1 million of the ward’s annual capital improvement budget.

In the past, we’ve held the participatory budgeting elections in the spring, but we’re now moving the elections to the fall to accommodate the Mayor’s Budget Office’s new timeline for submitting our infrastructure requests.

The official “PB 49” Election Day for the 2018 budget year is Saturday, October 14th.

But you also can vote early or online.

Early voting in this fall’s Participatory Budgeting Election is now taking place at various locations throughout the ward. For early voting times and locations, scroll to the bottom of this email.

If you prefer, you also may vote online from the comfort of your home, office, coffee shop or any location with an internet connection.

To be eligible to vote (online or in person on election day or at an early-voting site), you must be 16 years of age or older and a resident of the 49th Ward. You do not have to be a registered voter or a U.S. citizen to participate in PB!

Both the paper ballot and the online ballot will provide information on this year’s proposed projects, but feel free to examine the proposals before you vote. For a look at this fall’s proposed PB49 projects, CLICK HERE.

Below are the various ways you can vote in PB49:

Vote on Election Day

Saturday, October 14

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Chicago Math and Science Academy
7212 N. Clark

Vote Online

Online voting is taking place now and continues until 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 14th.

To vote online, all you have to do is email my officeat ward49@cityofchicago.org with your name and address. My staff will respond with the URL to the early voting website and a special access code to enter at that site. Then proceed to vote, following the instructions provided.

Please do not share your code with anyone else; your code is unique and may be used only once. If you have questions, please reply to this email or call my 49th Ward Service Office at 773-338-5796.